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unit 3 vocab
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Question | Answer |
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lexington and concord | first shots fired here officaly starting american revolution |
Bunker hill | first major battle of the war 1000 british deaths |
decaleration of Indepednednce | signed to signal the colonies to be independent |
trenton and princeton | battle in which george washington out smarted britsih |
saratogo | battle known as the urning point in the war |
vally forge | camp outide phildlphia where the continintal army stayed |
kings mountain | fought on the frontier first tie of the war |
gurilla warfare | techinque of destroying supplies rather than fighting |
york town | last known battle of the american revoluttion |
loyalist | also called Tories, these were Americans that sided with Great Britain during the American Revolution |
tready of paris 1783 | agreement between france and england to stop the war with england getting canada |
george washington | leader of the contonintal army |
charles cornwalles | British Genral known for surrendering to americans |
thomas jefferson | member of the seconed contonintal army known for the dellaration of independence |
thomas paine | wrote common snese and the crisis |
benidict arnold | hero of saratoga |
benjiman franklin | the man who united the colonies |
francis marion | the wamp fox |
patrick henery | member of the contonintal army |
marquis de lafayette | french officer adopted by george washington |
baron von steben | russian army officer known for teaching the army of new warfare |
hessians | german merrcanaries |
grievences | cause for complaint or unfair treatment |
inalinable right | life liberty and persuit of happyness |
common sense | phamplet wrote for the people to get them to nder stand the war |
self evident | yea |
tryant | a cruil leader |